2022 Italian Grand Prix

2022 Italian Grand Prix
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Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Race details [1]
Date	11 September 2022
Official name	Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d'Italia 2022
Location	Monza Circuit Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Attendance	336,647 [2]
Pole position
Driver	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Time	1:20.161
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Time	1:24.030 on lap 46
Podium
First	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Second	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Third	George Russell	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2022 Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d'Italia 2022) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 September 2022 at the Monza Circuit in Monza, Italy. Daniel Ricciardo entered the race as the defending winner, having won the previous Italian Grand Prix. The race finished with a controversial safety car period and was won by Max Verstappen, with Charles Leclerc and George Russell taking second and third place respectively. The race also featured the debut of Nyck de Vries, who scored points with a ninth place driving for Williams.

Background

The event was held across the weekend of the 9–11 September. It was the sixteenth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship. ^[3] A minute's silence was held before the first practice session on Friday, and the race on Sunday in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September 2022. ^[4] Several teams further commemorated the Queen on their livery, including Red Bull Racing, Aston Martin, Haas, Ferrari, and Mercedes. ^[5] Ferrari also used a special livery to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the car company. ^[6]

Championship standings before the race

Heading into the event, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship by 109 points from Charles Leclerc, second, and teammate Sergio Pérez, third. Red Bull Racing team led the Constructors' Championship, leading Ferrari by 135 points and Mercedes by 165 points. ^[7]

Entrants

See also: 2022 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were initially the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. ^[8] Antonio Giovinazzi drove for Haas in place of Mick Schumacher, ^[9] while Nyck de Vries drove for Aston Martin in place of Sebastian Vettel, during the first practice session. ^[10] De Vries was called up to race for Williams in place of Alexander Albon as he was ruled out with appendicitis before the third practice session. ^[11] The Grand Prix marked the 349th race start for Fernando Alonso, equalling Kimi Räikkönen's record for most Formula One starts. ^[12]

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event. ^[13]

Penalties

AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda carried a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of reprimand limits at the previous round, the Dutch Grand Prix. ^[14]

Track changes

The second DRS detection point was moved further down the track, now being positioned 20 metres (66 ft) after Parabolica exit, rather than before the entry to this curve as published earlier. ^[15]

Fan harassment and event mismanagement

During the weekend there were numerous allegations of management issues and fan harassment. One Twitter user has reported a local fan demanded that fans remove items declaring their support of Max Verstappen. Another video showed several fans making a sexist tone against Sophie Kumpen, Verstappen's mother. Race organisers were criticised for a lack of security in the grandstands. ^{[16] [17]}

Several fans also complained about the mismanagement of the event. The circuit organisers demanded food and drink to be paid in token coin instead of cash or credit card. Fans had to wait for more than two hours for food to be prepared following a website crash. ^[18]

Practice

There were three practice sessions for the event. ^[19] The first practice session started on 9 September at 14:00 local time (UTC+02:00) and ended with Charles Leclerc fastest, followed by Carlos Sainz Jr. and George Russell. ^{[19] [20]} The second practice session, which started at 17:00, ended with Sainz fastest, ^[19] followed by Max Verstappen and Leclerc. ^[21] The third practice session, which started on 10 September at 13:00 local time, ^[19] ended with Verstappen fastest, followed by Leclerc and Sergio Pérez. ^[22]

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on 10 September at 16:00 local time. ^[19] Charles Leclerc took pole position with Max Verstappen qualifying second and Carlos Sainz Jr. third. ^[23]

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.280	1:21.208	1:20.161	1
2	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	1:20.922	1:21.265	1:20.306	7 1
3	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:21.348	1:20.878	1:20.429	18 2
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	1:21.495	1:21.358	1:21.206	13 3
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.048	1:21.708	1:21.524	19 4
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:21.785	1:21.747	1:21.542	2
7	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.130	1:21.831	1:21.584	3
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.139	1:21.855	1:21.925	4
9	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:22.010	1:22.062	1:22.648	5
10	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:22.089	1:21.861	No time	6
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:22.166	1:22.130	N/A	14 5
12	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.254	1:22.235	N/A	15 6
13	45	Nyck de Vries	Williams-Mercedes	1:22.567	1:22.471	N/A	8
14	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.003	1:22.577	N/A	9
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:22.020	No time	N/A	20 7
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:22.587	N/A	N/A	10
17	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:22.636	N/A	N/A	11
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:22.748	N/A	N/A	12
19	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.908	N/A	N/A	16 8
20	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:23.005	N/A	N/A	17 9
107% time: 1:26.586
Source: [24] [25]

Notes

• ^1 – Max Verstappen received a five-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. ^[25]
• ^2 – Carlos Sainz Jr. was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. He also received a 10-place grid penalty for a new gearbox driveline and gearbox case. The penalty made no difference as he was already due to start from the back of the grid. ^[25]
• ^3 – Sergio Pérez received a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. ^[25]
• ^4 – Lewis Hamilton was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. ^[25]
• ^5 – Esteban Ocon received a five-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. ^[25]
• ^6 – Valtteri Bottas received a 15-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. ^[25]
• ^7 – Yuki Tsunoda received a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of reprimand limits at the previous round and a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags during the second practice session. He was also required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. The penalty made no difference as he was already due to start from the back of the grid. ^[25]
• ^8 – Kevin Magnussen received a 15-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. ^[25]
• ^9 – Mick Schumacher received a five-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. He also received a 10-place grid penalty for a new gearbox driveline and gearbox case. ^[25]

Race

Race report

The race took place on 11 September 2022 at 15:00 local time, lasting 53 laps. ^[19] Charles Leclerc led away from pole, George Russell and Daniel Ricciardo behind. Max Verstappen came to third position on lap 4 and second on lap 5. Sergio Pérez came to the pit earlier on lap 10 for hard tyres and rejoined the track with an ongoing brake fire, which later extinguished itself. On lap 10, Sebastian Vettel stopped his car due to engine issues resulting a deployment of a virtual safety car (VSC). This prompted Leclerc to change his tyres, as less time is lost when pitting under VSC conditions, surrendering the lead to Verstappen. On lap 26, Leclerc retook the lead after Verstappen changed his tyres, Verstappen rejoined the track ten seconds behind Leclerc. Alpine decided to retire Fernando Alonso car on lap 31 in the pitlane due to a water pressure issue. Leclerc made a second pitstop on lap 34, giving Verstappen the lead. Lance Stroll retired on lap 39 due to similar engine issue suffered by his teammate Sebastian Vettel on lap 10. Daniel Ricciardo stopped his car due to the oil leak suffered from his car resulting in the safety car being deployed until the end of the race. The race was ended on lap 53 with Verstappen winning the race behind safety car. ^[26]

Safety car criticism

The safety car procedure following Ricciardo's retirement drew scrutiny, with discussions surrounding the decisions taken, after it turned out that marshals could not move the car expeditiously. The incident caused the race to be ended under the safety car. ^[27] Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris expressed their frustration over the safety car race ending. ^[28] Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto and Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner gave their opinion: Binotto stated he disagreed with the FIA's decision to end the race under safety car and accused them of sleeping during the race, while Horner stated that it was not the manner he wanted to finish the race and thought that the race should have been red flagged. ^{[29] [30] [31]} Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff defended the FIA's decision, stating that the FIA followed the rules while also citing the safety car procedure at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. ^[32] The FIA later defended their decision to end the race with safety car citing the inability to move Ricciardo's car from the circuit on time. ^[33] FIA has also invited the team principals for a summit to discuss the regulation changes regarding the yellow flag and safety car on 12 September with no agreement reached between parties so far. ^[34]

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	53	1:20:27.511	7	25
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	53	+2.446	1	18
3	63	George Russell	Mercedes	53	+3.405	2	15
4	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	53	+5.061	18	12
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	+5.380	19	10
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	53	+6.091	13	9 1
7	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+6.207	3	6
8	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	53	+6.396	5	4
9	45	Nyck de Vries	Williams-Mercedes	53	+7.122	8	2
10	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	53	+7.910	9	1
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	53	+8.323	14
12	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	53	+8.549	17
13	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	15
14	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	52	+1 lap	20
15	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	52	+1 lap	10
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	16
Ret	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	45	Oil leak	4
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	39	Engine	12
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	31	Water pressure	6
Ret	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	10	Engine	11
Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull Racing-RBPT) – 1:24.030 (lap 46)
Source: [25] [35] [36] [ failed verification ]

Notes

• ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap. ^[36]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Max Verstappen 335 2 Charles Leclerc 219 3 Sergio Pérez 210 4 George Russell 203 5 Carlos Sainz Jr. 187 Source: [37]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Red Bull Racing-RBPT 545 2 Ferrari 406 3 Mercedes 371 4 Alpine-Renault 125 5 McLaren-Mercedes 107 Source: [37]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2022 Monza Formula 2 round
• 2022 Monza Formula 3 round

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